Improved clothes-wringer



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVED CLOTH ES-WRINGER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39.666, dated August 25,

1863 autedated December 19, 1862.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, B. D. MORRELL, of Lisbon, Grafton county, New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in ClothesVVringers; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in that classof clothes-wringers in which the wet clothes are passed between two rollers of elastic material, and my improvements consist in constructing the lower end ofthe framework in the manner described hereinafter, so that it can be clamped to the edge of a washtub with a much rmer grip than the frames of this class of wringers, as heretofore constructed.

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure l is aafront view of my improved clothes-wringer; Fig. 2*.a sectional plan on the linel 2, Fig. l Fig. 3, an end view, partly in section; and Fig. 4, a vertical section on the line 3 4, Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The framework of the machine consists ot' the two vertical pieces A and A', connected together at the top by the cross-bar B and at one side by the -pieces D and D', between which is the opening .fr for admitting the clothes to the rollers E and E'. Thejournals ot the roller E' are arranged to turn in the opposite vertical piecesA and A' of the frame, one journal projecting beyond one of these pieces and the projecting end being furnished with a suitable handle, F. The journals ot' the roller E turn in blocks b, one of which is arranged to slide in an elongated vertical opening in the piece A, the other being arranged to slide in a similar opening in the piece A'. The opposite ends of a bar, G, are

also arranged to slide freely in the same openings, and to bear upon the blocks b with a force depending upon a screw, I-I. This screw passes through the cross-bar B at a point midway hetween its opposite ends and has threads adapted to the internal threads of a nut, e, which is let into the under side of the crossbar. The end of the set-screw is cone-shaped or rounded, so as to tit into a similarly-shaped recess in the center of the head m of the pin I, which is arranged to slide freely in a hole in the bar G, and which is surrounded by a block, J, of gu m-elastic or other suitableflexible material, intervening between the bar Gr and the head m of the pin I. The rollers F and E are, as usual in this class of clothes-wringers, made of gumelastic or gutta-percha or other lexible material. 'Io one side of the vertical piece A of the frame, and near the lower end of the said piece, is secured a chock, K, a similar chock being secured to the piece A', the lower end of each chock having a projection, k, which has holes for the free admission of the two pins q and g', secured to or forming a part of the plate L, against the inside of which bears the end of the handled set-screw M.

When the above-described machine has to be secured to the edge of a wash-tub, the rounded projections u, at the lower end of the side pieces, A and A', of the frame, are placed over the edge and on the inside of the tub, while the plates L fit on the outside and are forced tightly against the same by the setscrews, M. It should be understood that the pins q and q' are comparatively loose in the holes in which they slide, so that the plates L are, to a limited extent, self-adjusting, as they adapt themselves to the form of the tub and bear against the same throughout their whole length.

Heretofore the frames of this class of clotheswringers have been secured to the edges of tubs by jaws hinged to the frames or otherwise so constructed that they could bear with but a small portion of their surface on the opposite sides of the tub. Consequently the hold of the machine on the latter was more or less insecure. As the plates L, however, in my improved wrin ger are moved parallelly by the screw M toward the projections n of the pieces A and A', and as the plates are self-adjusting, it will be evident that after the machine has been fitted onto the edge of the tub and the set-screws M tightened, the rounded inside of the projections n of the pieces A and A' will bear snugly and evenly against the inside of the tub1 while the plates L will adjust themselves tothe outside. The machine is thus secured to the edge of the tub with ay much firmer grip than by the jaws usually employed in this class ot' clothes-wringers for the same purpose.

Vhile the pressure of the upper roller7 E, against the lower roller7 E', can be varied at pleasure by means of the screw H, the elastic block J, which is maintained in its proper position by the pin I, will permit one end ofthe bar Gto rise above the other end and con sequently allow the upper roller to accommodate itself to clothes which are thicker :in one place than another as they pass between the rollers.

l claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In cc mlbination with the frame of the clotheswringers, the plates L, with pins q q, t

passing through and capable of moving freely in the projections 7c of the frame, ythe said plates being arranged in respect to the projections n and setscrew M, and operating substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` i, B. D. MORRELL. Witnesses CHARLES E. Fos'rnn, JOHN WHITE. 

